Monday, July 7, 2014

NEWS: AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young is suffering from dementia. However, the legendary rock band members are not quitting.

Angus (left) and Malcolm Young, AC/DC. Best wishes to Malcolm Young and we hope he can overcome this illness.

Malcolm Young in recent times

AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young is suffering from
dementia and will likely never play again, the Sydney Morning Herald is
reporting.

Reports hinted that the heavy metal legends had planned
to retire after learning the truth, but they said in a statement they
planned to carry on.

“That is true, Malcolm is sick,” friend Mark
Gable told Australian public radio on Wednesday. “From what I
understand, and it’s even been confirmed in part by his son Ross
(Young), that it would appear Malcolm is unable to perform anymore.

“It’s
not just that he is unwell, it’s that it is quite serious. It will
constitute that he definitely won’t be able to perform live. He will
probably not be able to record.”

Gable said it is unlikely the 61-year-old guitarist will ever play live again.

A
family member told the Herald that while the diagnosis remained foggy,
Young’s condition had deteriorated to the point where his loved ones
were looking into full-time respite care.

The Herald reported that
Young is having difficulty “remembering familiar faces” and is having
increasing problems communicating.

“His memory loss is so bad it
is consistent with Alzheimer’s or dementia although we do not know that
is what it is,” the source told the Herald. “There has been talk about
cancer too.”

As for AC/DC calling it quits, the source called
retirement talk “pure speculation.” Yet music industry insiders say
Young’s brother Angus — who helped him co-found the band in 1973 —
believes “Malcolm is the band” and could be irreplaceable.

And
there is a precedent for AC/DC replacing ailing — or dead — members.
Brian Johnson replaced the band’s beloved frontman, Bon Scott, after the
latter’s booze-fuelled death in 1980.

And when Malcolm Young was previously ill, his nephew Stevie replaced him on tour and hardly anyone noticed, the Herald reports.

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